NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 29, 2026

Complete answer list for the April 29, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Joseph GangiEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1574 clues

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Across 34

  1. 1*Failed internet company? ↗COMBUST
  2. 8Rinse with water, as grain in the brewing process ↗SPARGE
  3. 14Exaggerated the merits of ↗OVERSOLD
  4. 16"That's actually pretty neat!" ↗OHCOOL
  5. 17Trait for a good waiter? ↗PATIENCE
  6. 18Ingredient in shepherd's pie ↗POTATO
  7. 19Strange ↗ODD
  8. 20Pirate's booty ↗LOOT
  9. 22Swabbie's tool ↗MOP
  10. 23In the ___ (intensely focused) ↗ZONE
  11. 25*Assurance from an internet company? ↗COMPROMISE
  12. 28"Your pick" ↗ANY
  13. 29Lightly strike, as a windowpane ↗TAPAT
  14. 30Many a 24-hour eatery ↗DINER
  15. 31*Puzzling question for an internet company? ↗COMPOSER
  16. 33Some épéeists' moves ↗LUNGES
  17. 34Had remorse for ↗RUED
  18. 35Trial version ↗DEMO
  19. 36One-___ (pithy jokes) ↗LINERS
  20. 39*Exposure for an internet company? ↗COMPRESS
  21. 43Ancient theater ↗ODEON
  22. 44Assuages ↗CALMS
  23. 45Status ___ ↗QUO
  24. 46*Illustrative story from an internet company? ↗COMPARABLE
  25. 48What a track athlete may do three times in one attempt ↗JUMP
  26. 49World War I Flying ___ (Snoopy alter ego) ↗ACE
  27. 50Just ↗MERE
  28. 51___ Guofeng, successor to Mao Zedong ↗HUA
  29. 52Samples ↗TASTES
  30. 54Rose up ↗REBELLED
  31. 59Get situated ↗ORIENT
  32. 60Shoe with a "kitten" variety ↗STILETTO
  33. 61Zeroes ↗RESETS
  34. 62*Blog message from an internet company? ↗COMPOST

Down 40

  1. 1Robber's pursuer ↗COP
  2. 2Reproductive cells ↗OVA
  3. 3"Wall Street," for the U.S. financial industry ↗METONYM
  4. 4Half of many a union-to-be ↗BRIDE
  5. 5Secondhand ↗USED
  6. 6Recipient of many dad jokes ↗SON
  7. 7"Little People, Big World" network ↗TLC
  8. 8Deep sleep ↗SOPOR
  9. 9Uncurated Instagram collections ↗PHOTODUMPS
  10. 10Do something ↗ACT
  11. 11On a different network, say ↗ROAMING
  12. 12Visit ↗GOTOSEE
  13. 13They usually get no reception ↗ELOPERS
  14. 15Coastal resort city in southern California ↗DELMAR
  15. 21Select, with "for" ↗OPT
  16. 23Actor Efron ↗ZAC
  17. 24"Mrs. Lennon" writer ↗ONO
  18. 25They're on the docket ↗CASES
  19. 26Paper view? ↗OPED
  20. 27Student's subspecialty ↗MINOR
  21. 29Where seeds might be placed ↗TOURNAMENT
  22. 32Before surgery, for short ↗PREOP
  23. 33"___ at 'em!" ↗LEMME
  24. 35Cabbage Patch Kid, e.g. ↗DOLL
  25. 36Part of URL ↗LOCATOR
  26. 37"Actually, this matters to me a lot!" ↗IDOCARE
  27. 38The Road Runner, to Wile E. Coyote ↗NEMESIS
  28. 39Poles tossed in a Highland competition ↗CABERS
  29. 40On par with ↗EQUALTO
  30. 41Total ↗SUM
  31. 42Soak (up), as gravy ↗SOP
  32. 44Elevator part ↗CAR
  33. 47Takes a breather ↗RESTS
  34. 48Derby drink ↗JULEP
  35. 51Spot for a ship's captain ↗HELM
  36. 53Control center? ↗TEE
  37. 55… and so on ↗ETC
  38. 56Life story, for short ↗BIO
  39. 57Trisolarans in "The Three-Body Problem," e.g., informally ↗ETS
  40. 58Preceder of the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues ↗DOT